The computerized object and abstract designs test (COAD): A pilot study of a new test of visual working memory

British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 109-123

  Price, Jason P ^a,b  

^a SOUTH TEES HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTERIZED OBJECT AND ABSTRACT DESIGNS TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; REACTION TIME; READING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; VISION; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REACTION TIME; READING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 67649218459     PISSN: 01446657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466508X366713     Document Type: Article

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